After going through a door that said 'Staff-Only', Robert continued to go further into the building. Renard followed, the further they went the more complicated the hallways got. Eventually, Robert stopped in front of a old decrepit wooden door. He then gently knocked three times and said, "Boss, Renard is here to see you."

After a few moments of silence, a gravely voice, which Renard recognised as Kyle's responded, "Let him in, you are dismissed Robert."

Robert opened the door inwards and then gestured to Renard for him to head inside. Although Renard was still somewhat hesitant about the situation, he still walked in. The room wasn't large, there was no formal desk, nor anything that made it seem like an office. In the middle of the room was a round table with four chairs around it, that seemed to be just as old as the door. In reality, the room resembled a wooden shack but it did have stone walls supporting the roof which was made of thatch. The stone walls themselves also looked very old, there was moss growing between the stones and the cement had worn away in places.

Kyle was sitting at the table, on the table next to him was an opened jewellery box with a lotus engraved on top of it. Once Renard stepped into the room, Kyle closed the box and beckoned at Renard to sit in the chair opposite him. "Come, sit down here. I presume you've come here to give me some boar hides. I know this isn't what you expected when I said 'little shop'."

Renard was more confident that he was in the right place now that he saw the same Kyle but he wasn't feeling any less confused. After walking over to the table he sat lightly on the rickety chair next to Kyle, it felt like would break if he wasn't careful.

[Quest Hand-In Requirement 'Be with Kyle' is completed.]

[To complete, 'Kyle's Boar Hide Collection' select the five boar hides you would like to submit.]

[Note: When you hand in quests via the inventory select option, it will seem completely normal to bystanders.]

'Thank goodness, it would have been awkward if I had to leave to get them. I should have remembered to take them out before I came to meet Kyle. Its fine though, thanks to the system.' Renard opened up his inventory, he had already used the separate option on the regular boar corpses. Currently in his inventory, along with the four hides, he also had four piles of both boar bones and viscera.

The only boar still in one piece was the leader, the first one he killed. He wanted to check if he could hand in the whole corpse, as it might give him more money. Alas, when he checked the options, there was no select option available for handing it in.

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Feeling a little disappointed about having more viscera in his inventory, he separated the last boar and selected all the hides to submit. After selecting all the hides a little green tick appeared in each corner of the inventory boxes.

[You have selected Greater Boar Hide x 4 and Greater Boar Leader (Lightning Attribute) Hide x 1. Are you sure you want to submit these to 'Kyle's Boar Hide Collection'?]

'Yes'

At the moment Renard thought yes, all five of the hides appeared in Kyle's hands. Kyle nodded his head as he checked each of the four regular hides. However, when Kyle reached the leader's hide he was a little surprised, he hadn't expected Renard to kill such a strong creature.

Kyle looked up and said, "You managed to kill one of these annoying buggers then, this hide is actually worth quite a lot."

"I am sure you will compensate me correctly, you can't act cheap now I know you own this grand place."

"I wouldn't dare, here is your reward." Kyle spoke with a hint of sarcasm in his voice.

[You have completed the quest 'Kyle's Boar Hide Collection'!]

[You have received 4 Gold Coins, 9 Silver Coins and 20 XP.]

[You are allowed to keep 'Kyle's Skinning Knife'.]

[Your relationship with Kyle has increased to 'Friends'.]

[Due to this, you receive the unknown reward, 'Kyle's Discount Token'.]

[##ERROR##]

[Quest rewards were not processed, re-distributing!]

[You have received 13 Gold Coins, 1 Silver Coin and 20 XP.]

[You are allowed to keep 'Kyle's Skinning Knife'.]

[You have become Kyle's 'Unrequited Love'.]

[Due to this, you receive the unknown reward, 'Kyle's Owner Token'.]

[Item Description]

[Kyle's Owner Token]

[Description: Anyone who holds this token is essentially Kyle. You will have the same authority and benefits. Beware, this includes Kyle's enemies.]

[Congratulations! You have levelled up! All unlocked non-skill stats increasing by 1 point!]

['User Skills and Stats' has been unlocked in 'Status' page.]

[Status]

[Name: Renard]

[Occupation: Peasant]

[Level: 2 - Experience: 5/200]

[Stats]

[Stamina: 1]

[Strength: 1]

[Defence: 1]

[Agility: 1]

[Intelligence: 1]

[Luck: ???]

[Skills]

[Battle Techniques: 1]

[Observation: 1]

Renard was prepared for something bad upon seeing the error however, he was pleasantly surprised at the first thing he saw. 'That is lots of money this will allow me to....' Renard's thoughts stalled as he saw the words 'Unrequited Love'.

While Renard's thoughts had stalled, a dramatic change happened to Kyle. He had suddenly become flustered, unsure of how to express himself he grabbed a possession he had never even considered giving to anyone before. Kyle raised his hand towards Renard, he was holding out the owner token.

Renard wasn't paying attention to this, he was too busy getting ready to run. He stood up and suddenly said, "Ok, well I have to leave now, I have some important things to do." Without even letting Kyle reply, he pushed the chair back under the table and sped out of the office.

[You have left the reward collection radius. 'Kyle's Owner Token' has been added to your inventory.]

Renard managed to make his way back through the corridors to the main lobby, he was not willing to stop for anyone, even ignoring Robert's question of, "How did it go?".

He continued to run until he made it back into the town centre, he put his hands up against the fountain as he finally stopped, he was almost ready to jump in. 'I lost a great friend this day.' He thought.

He then screamed out loud, "Is there nothing you hold dear system! First, Lucy. Now, this. WHY?!"

A future anti-establishment protester overheard his screams and thought, 'Yet another person screwed over by our rulers, what a disappointment.' A look of disgust was on his face.

[Congratulations! Skill 'Public Speaking' has been acquired!]